By Sydney M. Miner IN SPITE OF the fact that local newspapers lead one to believe that the Senate Lobby Investigating Com— mittee, headed by Senator Hugo L. Black, is the latest step toward in— quisitions of the dictatorship type, any fair-minded person will hesitate to accept the indictment without look’ ing into both sides of the question. Out-of-town papers are somewhat more lenient toward perpetrators of the investigation and are willing to admit that there are two sides to the problem of Congressional Investigat- ing Committees. PROBABLY THE LOUDEST cries against the actions of all such committees, and the present con- troversial one in particular, is the denunciation of the violation of Article IV of the Bill of Rights of the Constitution, security against “search and seizure.” Reference is directly applicable to the appre- hension by the Black Committee of an estimated 5,000,000 telegrams sent by the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies to Washington between February 1 and December 1, 1935. When this state- ment is parried by the answer that fraudulent lobbying and petitioning are being investigated, the hue and cry become the age-old tradition of the inherent right of citizens and corporations to lobby in Congress FORMAL DANCE IS FINALE 0F JUNIOR WEEK. MAY 11-15 Dean Heald has definitely set aside the week of May 11.15 as Junior Week, so as not to interfere with the trip of the baseball team the following week. At a meeting held last Friday, the junior marshals mapped out a tentative program of the five days of extra—curricular ac— tivity. The usual timc~bonorcd events are again scheduled for this year. These events include Open House on Monday night, a baseball game with Elmhurst college on Tuesday afternoon, the Spring concert and Interfratcrnity sing on Wednesday night, the freshman—sophomore class rush on Friday morning, and the Junior Formal on either Friday or Saturday evening. New Siunts Promised Baseball will predominate as the competitive sport, with a comic fac- ulty-senior game and interclass games as the features of this sport. In addition, there will be interfra— ternity baseball games and the finals of intramural baseball. Other athlet— ic functions will include interclass relays and interfraternity track. As yet, the junior~senior competi- tions have not been disclosed but ac- cording to Paul Martin, head junior marshal, the stunts will be new and unusual. No Favor: for Formal Early this week the junior class will have a meeting to decide upon the details of the formal supper- dance to be held 'cither Friday, May Armour institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois Senior Dance Straw Vole Will Be Taken At a meeting of the senior social committee, March 26, in the physics lecture room, it was decided that questionnaire slips be passed out to all seniors, The slips are to be filled out by each man, who is to state whether or not he intends to attend the senior dance. The purpose of these slips is to as— certain the number of people who will be present at the dance, which will be held April 24 at the Knicker- bocker Hotel. According to R. M. Paulsen, chairman of the committee, the slips, after having been filled out and returned, will enable a definite price to be placed on the tickets and a definite order of tickets to be placed. WMSE to Hold Splash Party at Lawson “Y” Saturday night, May 9, has been set as the date of a combination smoker and splash party of the W.S.E. to be held at the Lawson Y.M.C.A. This affair is to be a varia‘ tion of the usual affair tendered to graduating members, for, beside the members of the society, the soph- omore civil engineering students and all alumni are invited to attend. The last meeting of the W.S.E. held Friday, March 27, featured a lecture on “Reinforced Concrete” by Mr. G. A. Thomson, engineer for the Portland Cement Company. Includ— ed in his talk were the history of concrete and its present uses. In ad— dition, Mr. Thomson discussed the methods of reinforcements and pres- ent methods of monolithic casts in Momar'ewshy Speaks to Allflhfi. Members “The Chemical Engineer in Eu- rope" was the subject of the address Using; the entire daV for an inspec- PgesintdeaidthelA' 11) Cl; E1 YEW“ tion trip, the senior and junior igas.riay)y r...om-,~-,..~.-, . arewsky, a noted research chemist c1v11.» are ll'lLllMlll’lg the Inland Steel in the field of hydrocarbons and polymerization, who is at present working: at the institute for the Uni— verse] Oil Products Company. Dr. Komarewsky graduated from the University of Moscow, worked in Germany for some time, and came to the United States four years ago. Starting with the observation that Europe has no true chemical engi— neers, since students follow a pro- gram of specialization in particular fields of chemistry, the speaker gave a description of the development of industry in that country. In Europe the student performs more work by being in the laboratory all day, whereas emphasis is placed on theory in the United States. Lec- ture attendance is Europe is volun» tary, with the passage of final exams as the only requisite for credit in the course. The degrees awarded in different countries all result from practically the some amount of work. Dr. Komarcwsky spoke of three phases of chemical industry—biology! cal, dye research, and physical, with references to alcoholic fermentation of sugar, synthetic ammonia. field research, and the cellulose, dye and pharmaceutical preparations indus- Co. as their first spring field trip today. The group, in charge of Professors M. B. Wells and R. L. Stevens, is meeting at Indiana Har— bor, where they will see the entire steel mill in operation. Structural steel is rolled into the commonly used beam sections at this plant, after having been converted to steel in an open-hearth furnace from iron ore. In the afternoon the group is meet- ing at 1:00 o’clock at the Universal Atlas Cement Company Mill at Buf— fington, Indiana The tour through this plant will be conducted formal- ly. The group will receive illustra- tive literature and will be escorted by special guides, l At the cement plant, the students will witness the manufacture of portland cement from blast furnace slag, instead of lime stone as used in other cement mills. The blast furnace slag is a by-product of a stool plant. This particular trip is made every two years, the last one having been made in the spring of 193/1. Photoucl’ectric Tubes tries. Auto Plant to Offer Summer Employment An opportunity for Armour stu» and to petition for or against legis- lation. 15 or the following day. At this meeting the juniors will select the orchestra and the place to hold this annual affair. Among the orches- tras being considered are Charles HOWEVER, ONE of the most important arguments against ll‘lVCFr‘ dents to gain first-hand knowledge of actual production methods used in the manufacture of auto bodies has been made by the Wayne Manufac- turing Works of Richmond, Indiana. Students selected will start at a min- exterior designs of buildings, illus— trating different points with slides. Trick Problems Will Discussed by Johnlz Thirty-six members of Armour’s student branch of the American In- stitute of Electrical Engineers heard a talk last Friday on “Industrial Vacuum Tubes and Their Applica- tions,” by Mr. T. E. Johntz of the General Electric Company. Mr. Jobntz made his lecture especially interesting by the nae and demon- stration of several pieces of appartus tigating committees, at least from the standpoint of the average citizen, is the fact that they often merely serve as a means for the party in power to perepetrate degrading in- fluences against the advent of a pos- sible change of power. This forms the strongest denunciation of the Black committee, even though opposi- tion may take the legal form of in— junctions against illegal search and seizure. TURNING ATTENTION to the other side of the story, it is pertinent to note a statement once made by President Woodrow Wilson: “If there is nothing to con- ceal than why conceal it? . . . Everybody knows that corrup- tion thrives in secret places, and avoids public places, and we be- lieve it a fair presumtion that secrecy means impropriety. So, our honest politicians, and our honorable corporation heads owe it to their reputations to bring their activities out into the open.” THE STRONGEST argument in favor of investigations is that they are an economy measure from both a financial and legislative time basis. They serve to prepare evidence and obtain material prior to judicial action in many cases, and in other cases, they obviate the necessity of judicial action through the clearing up of supposedly involved difficul- (Continued on page 3) Fraternities Pledge Support in Pageant At a meeting of the Interfrater- nity Council last Friday morning in the Tau Beta Pi rooms Paul M. Marv tin asked the cooperation of all the fraternities in the annual Interfra- ternity Pageant held during Junior Week. Those fraternities who were represented at the meeting pledged one hundred per cent support, A sug— gestion that each fraternity post a bond which would be lost on failure to participate in the pageant has not been passed upon. The date for the first interfraterv nity smoker has been tentatively set. for May 4, the place probably being the lnterfraternity Club. 1 l 1 Gaylord, Jack Chapman, Emil Flindt, Jack Russell, and Tweet Hogan. It has been decided that the scn~ timental value of favors is not great enough to warrant the added ex- pense. All juniors are urged to offer suggestions concerning this annual class event. A. S. lid. E. Adopts New germination A new constitution and set of by- laws was adopted by members of the Armour student branch of the A. S. M. E. last Friday at a general busi- ness meeting. This set of by-laws will govern the policy and proce- dure of the society for some time to come. New Policies Adopted Among the provisions is the em- bodiment of a mechanism for setting up a professional division to be known as the aeronautical branch of the A. S. M. E. A new policy es- tablishes means by which undergrad-- uates may become associate members without the cost of dues to the Na- tional Society, thus enabling stu- dents who cannot afford full nationv al membership to enjoy full privil- eges of the local branch. After some discussion the article which would exclude non-members from inspec- ion trips and social functions was a lpassed. A vote was taken on the exclusion of non-members from reg- ular meetings, but because of inde— cisions on the part of same, this question was deferred to a future meeting. Inspection Trip Announced Inspection trips for junior and senior mechanicals under the direc— tion of Professor W. A. Pearl were announced. The Inland Steel Com~ pany and the Foote Brothers Gear and Machine plant will be visited. Professor D. Roesch, faculty spon- sor, presented “The Engineers’ Man— ual” by Hudson, which will be given later in the year to an outstanding student member of the A. S. M. E. He announced also that bulletins are now coming in from the parent 50< ciety on positions which are avail- able through the engineering so- ciety’s employment service. Be Shown Mail: Club “Trick Mathematical Problems” will feature the Math Club meeting Friday, April 3, at 10:30, in the electrical lecture room. Mark Dannis, a junior, will be the speaker. His talk will include many problems used by would be “life‘s- of-the-party.” Well known fallacies, which Dannie has collected over a period of several years, also will be discussed. Armour Tech Newswnces Ketch up . walla gallons By Richard Wcilssnmn “And the quarterdecks were spat- ter-(lashed with other people’s blood." —-—.lohn Masefield. Blood, buckets of it! Spattcred on the blood red tables in the Stu- dent’s Union. Splashed upon the spotless floors. Smear-ed upon the calsomincd walls. Blood, blood, everywhere, nor any drop to drink. Red, fresh blood, or was it only hot chup‘! “What! Haven't you heard? Yes, a freshman, it was. Sure! Just pick— ed up a ketchup bottle and ham! Right over the guy's head. Sure, split it right open. They carried him out the back wayl Don’t spread it around, they’re trying to keep it dark.” “Ah, a mystery to be solved," we think, in our quaint way, “here’s where our extensive study of dctcc, tive stories will come in handy.” The proper way to solve a mys- tery is to send Mohammad to the mountain, and not wait for the mys- tery to come to you. So out we went, to track down the story to its bloody source. We Ask Stan Livingston “Hello, Stan. Listen, what about this story of the freshman who crack— ed the other freshman on the head with a ketchup bottle, and split it wide open?” “What, the ketchup bottle or the head?” gurgles Stan, delighted with his little joke. ‘ ”No, really, Stan, who was the guy who got klunked, and is he still alive?” “Well, to tell you the truth, I don’t know exactly, I wasn’t there, I I tell the tale. imum wage of thirty cents per hour and work regular hours. The type of job offered varies from shop to oil'icc work. Living expenses in Richmond are as low as $6.50 per week for room and board. The plant is situated close to town and near the Pennsyl- vama railroad. Richmond 1‘“ 65 miles practical applications of these tubes. cast of Indianapolis. Mr. Settcrberg The many and varied uses of the has posted an announcement on the photo-electric-tubes were listed as bulletin board, and thirty applica- including the counting of beer bot- tions have been sent in. " ’ he brought with him from his Chi- cago laboratories. The speaker first gave a basic dis- cussion of electron action in vacuum tubes and the manner in which they affected the tubes that are being de— veloped by General Electric at the present time. He then outlined the flea, setting ofl‘ alarms of all sorts, and checking the color of navy beans at the rate of 600 beans per minute. a The how~and~why details of vac- Ketchmp Emmesfi'fiy uum tube control of electrical cur— _ . rent for welding processes and the- only heard it from Ethel, m the ater lighting were carefully ex- lunch room." Aplained by Mr. Johntz, who also ,n “Thanks, anyway, 5° long helped to clear up student questions , _W" A5" Ethe‘ iconcernmg the usefulness of these Disappointed, we sought out Ethel, electron tubes. purveyor of fine foods in the lunch room. “Say, Ethel, how about that fcl~ Large Group Attends low who got hit on the head, do you {iampuls Cflub Smoker know anything about it?” “Well, I wasn’t here, but this is the Armour’s Campus Club, one of the wayl got m from John Larson. R oldest organizations at school, held was two fellows who got their heads another smoker last Friday night. cracked, and it wasn’t a ketchup botu Besides the regular members, the Tuesday, March 3|, l936 {Mulls an: lnlonol Illllhgllllllbll WWW Sled grill WWW Alhll. id "id WW llidllidlldl. lllilldd Merton Cruise’s @rchestra Will Supply Music for Second Fresh Dance FREE mos—Bremen Harm Crone's South Shore Country Club orchestra was selected last week as the orchestra which is to furnish the music for the freshman penthouse party on April 18. Al— though Louis Panico was previously suggested, it was decided to have Hcrm Crone because of his smooth swingr type music, more suited to the needs of a young crowd. He is fea— tured over the radio via the Colum- bia Broadcasting System. Announce Footer Contest To promote the sale of bids, it was announced by B. G. Anderson, social chairman, that every one selling niore than ten bids would receive one free. In addition, a poster con- test will be held. Two free bids will be the prizes, and posters are due April 6. The penthouse at 666 Lake Shore Drive is considered by the social committee as quite adequate. The floor will accommodate four hundred couples, and the lounge adjoining the dance floor has a comfortable seating arnangement. Will Be Table Dance Tables will surround the dance floor where soft drinks will be served. If any large parties intend to go, B, G. Anderson requests early reservations to insure satisfactory arrangements. Members of the freshman social committee are J. R. Buncc, I. M. Footlik, N. D. Rico, and R. W. Starmann. Ample dancing space is aseured with the number of bids on sale be- ing limited at two hundred. In the center of the dance floor is a beauti- ful inlaid design; shining on this de- sign from above are soft—colored lights. Dancing will continue be- tween the hours of 9 p. m. and 1 a. m. Abundant parking space will be found on all streets surrounding: the location. A multitude of freshmen will, of course, attend the occasion. How- ever, particular emphasis will be given to the welcome of the upper classmen who attend this dance. Chemalumn Will Halal Spring Party April 9 Chcmalumn, the senior chemical class’ organization, has completed plans for an elaborate party to be held Thursday evening, April 9, at the well known Ci'al’tsman's Club of Chicago. An excellent dance or- chestra has been obtained to provide scintillating rhythm for the evening. This spring party, however, is not 32;}? was a crate 0f ketchup bot- seven pledges, and the three alumni, Determined to get the facts in members 0f the News SW? and the‘ h t _ . 1 t b) v _ v ‘ night watchman were invxtcd to help} wa promism O L a cry, cry dispose of the refreshments. serious matter, we sought out an- 3 . . , other who should have known the lrof. J' F‘ Manuold 1s'thc faculty truth of the matter. Instead of advmor for the club, which has for clearing up, the mystery had grown. Its. purpose 9‘“ promotion 0f icllow— This time it was five fellows who Ship and friendship ‘im‘m’i Armour got hit bV a freshman who had run‘ students, while supplying them With amuck. The next fellow we asked recreational facilities. The club has a ping-pong table, a pool table, map;- said that nine were killed and scv- , , , eral injured. The story was evident- azmcs, and a radio among its attraCs ly growing faster than we could 2mm" ‘ ‘ trace it down. If it continued at that L3“ semester a pledging party, a rate, by the 0nd of the week not a general smoker, and an initiating party were held, besides a roller person at Armour would be alive to] . . skating party. J. A. Kuhn: won the! After hours of deep thought, we ping~pong tournament, while S. T.l decided instead to ask what actually Nylon WflS the 1100‘ VICtOI‘. . l happened at the lunch room, merely The pledges present last Friday to ask who told the tale. Our re- were N- 5‘ Al‘aVOSXS. E- A. Brown. sults are as follows: Stan got it 5- C. Bystl‘ICkl’. R» A- BELOW. H- F- from Ethel; Ethel got it from Lar» son, Larson, from Ray Peterson, etc., etc. Three days later, haggard and worn, we arrived at the conclusio of our arduous task. After much rough treatment. Bob Lundberg ad« mitted that the story was bred and batched in his own little brain. Kelly, A. Schlax, and G. R. Wiegman, while the alumni were L. Beckman, E. May, and H. Olson. The oil’icers n of the club are R. 0. Patterson, pres» ident, W. Waite, executive secretary, and B. H. Griesbach, recording sec- retary. W. Bottleson, who was vice«l president, left school. the only social event planned by the group. A bowling night will be held, probably during the week following the party. Refreshments are also planned to follow the evening’s en— tcrtaimnent. The, seniors have been practicing: ball during the last week and R. M. Paulsen, their pitcher, says that all indications point to a strong cham- pionship team. Wednesday afternoon the (Thoma- lumh made an interesting inspection trip to the Youngstown Shoot and Tube Company‘s plant at 95th street and the lake. Two College Groups Hear Reese-la Speak “The Internal Combustion Engine" was the topic of two lectures on auto— motive engineering given by Profes- sor Daniel Roescb, during the past week. On March 25, he addrcszsed the South Side Junior College, and on March 17 he was guest lecturer at the Wilbur W'right Junior Col- lege. A total of 700 students was present at both lectures.